Words of Re-enchantment: Storytelling, Myth, and Ecological Desire
The time-honoured art of storytelling - ancestor of all narrative media - is finding new
pathways of relevance in education, consciousness-raising, and the journey of
transformation. Storytellers are reinterpreting ancient myths and communicating the new
stories we need in our challenging times. This book brings together the best of Anthony
Nanson’s incisive writings about the ways that story can re-enchant our lives and the
world we live in. Grounded in his practice as a storyteller, the essays range from the
myths of Arthur, Arcadia, and the voyage west, to true tales of the past, science-fiction
visions of the future, and the big questions of politics and spirituality such stories raise.
The book contains full texts of exemplar stories and will stimulate the thinking of anyone
interested in storytelling or in the use of myth in fiction and film.
"This excellent book is written with a storyteller's cadence and understanding of
language. Passionate, fascinating and wise." - Hamish Fyfe
"His words are threaded through with a passionate faith that well-chosen, well-told
stories ... can lift us from the mundane and help us see and feel what is truly valuable in
life." - Eric Maddern
"packed full of inspiration" - Ron Donaldson
Storytelling/Mythology/Environment ISBN 978-1-906900-15-1 £9.99 Awen Publications.
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